Bidders give their best shot
Agood mix of commercial farmers and stud buyers found something to tempt their tastes at bull sales at Beef Expo
Bidders gave their best shot at seven bull breed sales and eight heifers were sold with three of them passed in.
The highest price for a heifer was $5200 for a young simmental and the lowest $2000. A handful of young bulls were sold.
The herefords produced Beef Expo's highest price of $40,000.
The first sale was for shorthorn bulls. Three bulls sold and one failed to sell. The highest price was $9000 and the lowest $5000 with an average of $7500.
In the second sale the herefords produced Beef Expo’s highest price of $40,000. The lowest price was $5500 with 20 of the 22 bulls selling for an average of $14,800.
Three charolais bulls sold in the third sale and one was passed in. The top price was $10,000 and the bottom price was $5000. The average was $7733
A single gelbvieh bull sold for $5000 in the fourth sale and two were passed in.
The fifth sale was for limousin bulls with two sold and two passed in. The high price was $3500 and the low $3000. The average was $3250.
The sixth was the simmental sale with seven bulls sold and one passed in. The high price was $6500 and the lowest $3800. The average was $5400.
The highest bull price for an angus bull was $24,000 in the seventh sale and the lowest was $6000. Twenty one bulls were sold for a $12,476 average. The Champion of Champions the supreme winner from the seven breed champions - was Timoho Legacy, a charolais bull and the runner up (reserve champion) was the shorthorn Long View Conquest.